A fall-festival-centered u-pick stop in the historic Weston applejack area, built more around hayrides and pony rides than a full agritourism park — pricing and apple varieties aren't posted, so budget for a phone call before you go.
Weston Red Barn Farm is located at 16300 Wilkerson Road in Weston, Platte County, in the same historic Weston applejack district that’s home to Historic Weston Orchard & Vineyard a few miles away. Per the orchard’s own site, read September 3, 2026, it runs on two separate schedules: a fall season with daily hours of 9am to 5pm, and a spring/summer season with more limited hours — 10am to 4pm, Tuesday through Sunday, starting at Memorial Day weekend.
The record’s u-pick apple window is given as roughly Labor Day weekend through October 31, 2026. That start date deserves a caveat: the site describes the opening as “Labor Day weekend” rather than a specific calendar date, so treat early-September plans as approximate until you’ve confirmed the actual 2026 opening with the farm directly at (816) 386-5437.
Compared to some of the larger, activity-stacked orchards in this research, Weston Red Barn Farm reads as built more around a classic fall festival than a full agritourism park. The record lists a hayride, pony rides, and a fall festival as the core draws, alongside a concession stand serving caramel apples and cider. There’s no mention of a corn maze, zipline, or similar big-ticket attractions here — this looks like a farm leaning into the simpler, more traditional side of a fall outing rather than trying to be a full-day destination park.
One detail worth knowing if you’re planning a school trip: the farm reportedly runs educational tours during apple season, which suggests some infrastructure for group visits beyond casual walk-in picking. If that’s your use case, it’s worth calling ahead to ask about scheduling a group specifically, since the record doesn’t spell out tour logistics or pricing.
Two gaps stand out here. First, no apple varieties are named anywhere in the record, so there’s no way to know from this source alone whether you’ll find early apples like Ginger Gold, mid-season Honeycrisp and Gala, or late-season Fuji — or some mix. Second, no pricing information is listed at all: not a per-bag rate, a per-pound rate, or a flat picking fee. Both gaps mean a phone call is genuinely necessary here, not just a nice-to-have, if you want to know what you’re picking and what it’ll cost before you arrive.
Because Weston Red Barn Farm sits just a few miles from Historic Weston Orchard & Vineyard — which does post detailed pricing, four named varieties, and a longer activity list including a zipline and corn maze — the two make a natural pairing for a single fall day in the Weston area. You could treat Historic Weston Orchard as the more predictable, activity-heavy stop and Weston Red Barn Farm as the smaller, festival-style add-on, particularly if pony rides or a hayride matter more to your group than the picking itself.
Weston Red Barn Farm looks like a solid, traditional fall-festival stop in Missouri’s historic Weston applejack area — hayride, pony rides, caramel apples, cider, and school tours during apple season all check out against the record. What it doesn’t offer, at least on the pages checked, is any transparency on pricing or apple varieties, and its fall opening date is described only loosely as “Labor Day weekend” rather than confirmed for 2026. None of that rules it out; it just means this is a call-first, not drive-up-and-hope, kind of visit if cost or variety selection matters to you.
The record's fall window runs roughly Labor Day weekend through October 31, 2026, daily 9am-5pm; the exact 2026 start date wasn't posted as a calendar date, only as 'Labor Day weekend,' so it's worth confirming close to your trip.
you need confirmed pricing or named apple varieties before you go — neither is listed in the record.
Weston Red Barn Farm sits a few miles from Historic Weston Orchard & Vineyard in the same historic Weston applejack area — worth pairing if you want to compare a bigger agritourism park against a more festival-focused u-pick stop in one trip.
The record's window runs from roughly Labor Day weekend through October 31, 2026, with fall hours of 9am-5pm daily. The exact start date came from the phrase 'Labor Day weekend' on the orchard's site rather than a specific calendar date, so it isn't an orchard-confirmed 2026 date.
Yes — the record lists spring/summer hours as 10am-4pm, Tuesday through Sunday, starting Memorial Day weekend, versus daily 9am-5pm in the fall.
Not stated in the record.
Not stated in the record — no price or price note is listed.
Yes: the record lists a hayride, pony rides, and a fall festival, plus caramel apples and cider at a concession stand, per research notes on this record.
September 5 – October 31, 2026. Mon-Sun (fall); Tue-Sun (spring/summer). Hours: 9am-5pm (fall); 10am-4pm (spring/summer from Memorial Day weekend).
Pricing was not published when we last checked.
Yes — it's a pick-your-own orchard.
16300 Wilkerson Road, Weston, MO 64098, in Platte County. It is one of 3 orchards we track in Kansas City Area.
We track 3 orchards in Kansas City Area, 2 of which let you pick your own apples. The orchard has not published a starting price, so it cannot be compared on cost — call before you budget.
Its season runs about 57 days against a regional average of 90, so it is a shorter window than most of its neighbours — the varieties you want may be picked out before nearby orchards close.
What sets it apart locally: it has a hayride or wagon ride, a petting area, which most Kansas City Area orchards on our list do not.
There is 1 other orchard we track in Platte County. All Kansas City Area orchards →
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westonredbarnfarm.com
Checked September 2026.